South Carolina § 12-4-395 - Authority to accept payment by credit card.
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§ 12-4-395. Authority to accept payment by credit card.
The department may accept, on terms and conditions it establishes, payments to it by credit cards. This authority includes a determination not to accept credit card payments or to accept credit card payments only for certain classes of payments as specified by the department. Notwithstanding another provision of law, the State Treasurer may enter into contracts on behalf of the department by which the department may accept credit card payments. The department may withhold the actual cost of processing credit card payments from deposits of the payments and may treat these withholdings as reimbursements of the associated expenditures.
HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 399, SECTION 3(D)(2); Redesignated by 2006 Act No. 386, SECTION 3, eff June 14, 2006.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 12-4-395 ("Authority to accept payment by credit card.") is part of the South Carolina Code of Laws, the codified statutory law of South Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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